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Non-model organisms: weird critters and the people who study them

Posted by , on 29 January 2024

By Brent Foster and Alexandra Bisia When the two of us, Brent and Alex, started our Node correspondent positions early last year, we both expressed an interest in non-model organisms ...

Online vs in-person conferences: advantages, disadvantages and why we need both

Posted by , on 15 January 2024

All flavours of a conference – in-person, online, or maybe hybrid? Thinking back to my first conference, it was a confusing experience for me. It happened well into my PhD ...

2nd European Developmental Biology Congress (EDBC 2023) – The Oxford Panorama

Posted by , on 9 January 2024

Read the meeting report from Nawseen Tarannum, who attended the 2nd European Developmental Biology Congress in Oxford.

December in preprints

Posted by , on 5 January 2024

Happy New Year! Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints.

Postdoc position in Luschnig lab, University of Münster, Germany

Posted by , on 23 December 2023

  Prof. Stefan Luschnig’s research group at the Institute of Integrative Cell Biology and Physiology at the University of Münster, Germany, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (salary level ...

Japan SciCom Forum 2023 - an apprentice science writer finding a place to belong

Posted by , on 19 December 2023

In my previous article, I discussed the importance of joining communities and finding your crowd. Following my own advice, I have joined the Japan SciComm Forum, the community for English-speaking ...

"Here's looking at -oids, kid": meeting report – Vienna ISSCR symposium, December 2023

Posted by , on 19 December 2023

One does not easily pass up the opportunity to attend an ISSCR conference, especially when said conference is in Vienna, in the leadup to Christmas, and the venue is the ...

Featured Resource: Xenbase

Posted by , on 7 December 2023

Find out more about the key features on Xenbase and how the community can contribute to the mission of the database.

ERC funded 3+1 year Post Doc Position to study Selective mRNA translation control in Cardiovascular development and disease

Posted by , on 16 November 2023

Project: Our recent discoveries revealed that ribosomes act as decision hubs controlling cell fate and homeostasis via proteins recruited on the translation machinery to specialize mRNA translation. The project is ...

Open rank faculty position in lung developmental, stem cell, and regenerative biology

Posted by , on 13 November 2023

The Sections of Developmental Biology and Pulmonary Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus invite applications for a tenure track faculty position (Assistant/Associate/Full) ...

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